The Centre Reporter CENTRE HALL, WHOM WE CALL MERE MAN. An average man of 160 pounds con- lains constituents found in 1,200 BEES. There 18 enough gas in him to Bll a gasometer of 8,649 cuble feet. He contains enough iron to make four tenpenny His fat make fe candles and a good sized His phosphate content would make 8,004 of matches There is enough hydrogen in him in combination to £1 a ballroom and car ry him The remain. Ing €onstituents of a man would yleld, if utiliz teaspoonf of salt, a bowl ten gallons of water 1,000. 000.000 the nails would venty-five 8Oap. boxes above the clouds ed, six uls of and A man has 500 muscles, cells, fferent bones, four gallons blood, several hundred feet of arteries and veins, more than twen- ty-five feet of intestines, millions of pores. His heart weighs from eight to twelve ounces, its capacity from four to six ounces in each ventricle, and its size is 5 by 3% by 2% inches. It Is a hollow, muscular organ, and pumps twenty-two and one-half pounds of blood every minute. In twenty-four bours the heart pumps sixteen tons. It beats about times a minute. In one vear an average man’s heart pumps 11,680,000 pounds of blood. The heart willing slave, but it sometimes it als ways wins sugar 200 dif of and seventy-two is a strikes—and of books, a Harvard man that while modern reprints of standard literary works can obtained at moderate prices, more strictly con- temporanecus are now habil- tually held high price. As a consequence students and others of moderate means are de- terred from aside from pre scribed textbooks, such volumes as they need most, says Rochester Post-Express. It Is explained that with the exception of a prospective “best seller,” or school textbook, the pub- Usher argues that no more than, say, 8,000 coples could be sold, however low the price, ere are at least 800 municipal and collegiate libraries which “must Nave" a copy; and it will be better busi in his opinion, to sell $00 coples at $5 than 3,000 coples $1.25. Bize of type, page, margins and thickness of binding do much toward giving the appearance of value. It is ed that the publisher does not overlook in his cal culations amateur who Is on a cer Commenting on the cost a vie remarks be volumes of interest at an un liege owning th wie Whereas th ness each at also observ the wealthy “completing” his collec tain tog Lion ic Wild game birds are the property of all citizens tinental law mon try have what of time withir other they of the Union? Beeca: for them, the mig United States under the Roman and corny iple of com- the states of this coun- But a short an- states? Are of people ate cares On thix prin ownership ir laws but then fly to enacted the Hird UITGS that alight one state and to not the property yet other the ise no sta ratory birds of the going the way of passenger pigeon the parrokeet, says the New York Times. Willlam 8. Saskell of the American Protection and Propagation assoc! argued before the sen though the title to the migratory birds has never been adjudicated, common sense would suggest that it belongs to the federal government, and the authori ties at Washington should give ample protection to this fast vanishing wild life are the great and Auk, the Game ation ate committee that, The population of Ireland on April 2, 1911, was 4,381,951 persons, showing a decrease of 76824 since 1910. An increase of per cent. was shown in the province of Leinster and decreases in the other three provinces The number of families in 1911 was $12. 711, an Increase of 2455 since 1801, and the average number of persons per family was 48, against 4.9 in the earlier year. Belfast Increased from 849,180 to 385 1901 to 1911; Dublin from 290,638 to 309,272 and Cork from 76,122 to 76.632 The emigrants leaving Irish ports numbered 30,678 In 1911, a decrease of 1,884 from the 1910 figures. Of these Most of the emigrants went to the United States and Canada, the former taking more than half of the total A University of Chicago sclentist has reassembled the skeleton of a snake supposed to be 10,000,000 years tafrus. He wouldn't have dared to call it that when it was alive. Two months ago a Boston girl saved a man from drowning. The other day they were married, leap year, women nowadays have to be Mfesavers Into the bargain. ig—————— A German teacher was tried and convicted of hypuootizing his puplls in. to good manners and truthtelling, It was probably thoufht the results in the average child were dangerously abnormal. oo. AGOAULT ON to Force Entrance. TORPEDO BOATS ARE SUNK. > Bix Others Damaged, Report From Constantino italian Advices Are definite. ple. § iN. Constant] pedo boats he ) anelles The 1 replied Italian other The Press dispatches from the Dardane les assert that Italian tor- pedo boats which the attack re tired 22 large and vessels were sighted from the fing a southerly patches add that report off the Dardanelles The Cabinet M called to the of urkish sinking two and damag! VIEOrousiy, wal BiX cannon ng VEOuse ade lasted 40 minutes after the made gmall war stra These dis its steam Course five cruisers are still ed inisters were palace, where, at to nel ly council war, it was duce the width of the free tween the mine fields in danelles in order on the one permit & contin of and on the other fenses of the Tewlik sador at L. appointed t-ken to form a decided char the hand igatior the UALCEe nay increases straits Pasha, the Turkish ondon, who, on Jul Grand V new Cabinet rier, Revolution May Be Brewing London. —The my ounding the reported the Darda nelles by Italian torpedo boats coupled with the proclamation of the Sultan of Turkey, exhorting the troops to malin Joy suggests possibil that another revolution brewing In Coustantinople Independent fact that a cannonade of tion took place. All reporis coucern ing an Italian attack and of the age Infl boats come ) gources and are not ¢ dispatches slery sure SliacCK upon Ire the ity ai, dispatches confirm the some descrip A vey B10 ‘ah cted upon the frery TWENTY. THREE QUAKES. Given a Terrible Shaking. Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico Earthquakes lalajara, led one street tered houses, with debris from sha some extent and panic the open places. Twen damaged to very bullding in { citizens almost e the city rove hundreds giricken Ir ty-three shocks rise and = been rep tures were the ware sit het ween sun unset of life has ried ic important struc destroyed it the ho spital, and telegraph damaged, and table han JAPAN'S EMPEROR ILL. He scious Friday and Not ted To Live. se Mays futsub Was U Expec Tokio ¥1 per aily il His M tion neon Poriry suffering Emperor vem reigned ed his fa 1866 n heir apparent fz Prince Yoshi} peror, who oer CANAL ACROSS NEW JERSEY State Will Spend Half Millicn Dollars For Right Of Way. Trenton, N. J -The Canal Commission awarded a contract for a survey and the erection of monu ments to mark the route of the pro posed ship canal across New Jersey The canal will run from Bordentown to a point near South Amboy, connect. ing the Delaware River with Raritan Bay. New Jersey Is committed by legislative enactment to the expend] ture of $500,000 for a right of way for & ship canal, which the United States government is to construct as a link in the proposed inland water route along the Atlantic Coast New Jersey King Alfonso a Hero. Pamplona, Spain — King prevented what might have fatal accident. As he was leav after a Alfonso been a ing the Ceremony a throwing the rider and dragging him along the ground While spectators hesitated the King with great presence of mind aprang caught the horse He was roundly cheered by the populace gen CURES POLITICAL ACTIVITY, Bill Would Prevent Postmasters Being Delegates. Washington Prevention of political activity on the part of pestmasters and other Federal officeholders is the House Committee on Reform the Civil Bervice, prohibit guch officials from being dele. convention or from becoming nielougly active” In polities, —————————_ | | Fy NATHAN SWARTZ 5 FOUND DEAD. His Life. LETTER TO HIS MOTHER. Murderer Of Suicide By Discovered Julia Connors Commits inhaling Gas—Body in &a Tene ment The father New York body of Nat % iniormegQ the hose his Bwartz, w pol hat 14-¥ on the fourt floor of a ice son was the slayer of ’ i ear Connors, was found tenement LL house on Chrysti treet Swartz had inhaling gas by commiile The bods Joseph Bren wie identified Detective an Bwartz hat days ago Hirskowitz Kaplan. Kaplan smelled gas investigation he found Bwartz in be ith i Eas tube that of the cel Ung ted amination by showed the m Pen HOLL oF e unae AX fron end the of in lead these was writ son lied the { gather respon but & reat for } taking by h, in the eh estimation. “1 want t« pen that I am to be executed cine just the same “My last job was at a pocketbook manufacturing place in Grand He for days’ Please procure pay and give to me for she is very, very poor “My elder brother has lots of money and does not want old folks on a farm for the simple life. 1 am sorry to cause this trouble for my neighbor, but all he will have to do ia call a cop “Tell mother guilty and that if it will hap revived in I'll take that BRY to he order why medi gireet Work ier Owos me two to settle the to again I am really she shad! not ory her eyes and heart out, I know she thinks I am innocent but you should not biame me, nor any one.” but $300,000 FLAME IN AKRON, O, Schumacher Block Destroyed and Sev. eral Firemen Injured. Akron Fire the Schumacher block on Main street, in the heart of the business section of city, causing a loss estimated at between $300,000 and £400,000. Several firemen were injured. Ohio the Passes Big Battleship Plan, Washington ~The Senate passed The Am unts A Have Ranged From Te $35,000, Largest Ever Receive. Few Pennies The closed wy A RLLH bundre people, the wn makes an $431,801 thus paid While it is populariy supp these contribut separate fund the “cons and BRETeRALE into the treas osed : na ons are p what ROL or { is familiarly there unt it iT] EON 6r Go eived is general axpended 1} lence fund dist ilits of Be no such net «Raf ROCCO the va ig rec it ne money furned into the the treasury and rec conscience contr * 8 any other a few cents to Ergest Whar thous The | received ff TeCaive of inet fiscal year Ereatest sum Hon a ave umber years nstage stam: Am; IX MINERS KILLED. Expicsion At the Gayton Works, About 20 Miles From Richmond BOCK Angwa) fr » nd ge - fog nine, when the and f langered by none o© were en FASTEST IN THE WORLD. New U. 8S. Battieship Yyoming Breaks All Records. Rockiand, Me All speed for big gun battleship broken by the United battleship Wyom! gister super dreadnought during her standardization trials Her speed of 22.045 knots is declared by naval ex- perts aboard the fastest ever made by any battleship in the world oarrying 12-inch guns CLAUDE ALLEN ON TRIAL AGAIN, records were new Niates ghip of Arkansas, HE. the to be Jury Selected and Taking Of Evidence Will Begin Today. Wytheville, Va For the second time within the month, Claude Bwan- son Allen is on trial before a jury on a charge of firing the shot that caused the death of Commonwealth's Attor new W. M. Foster in the Hilleville Courthouse tragedy of March 14. first trial resulted in a mistrial, Big Fire At Bluefield. Bluefield, W, Va Fire destroyed the McCue Wright milling plant here and four adjoining buildings, causing a loss of $200,000. ‘The buildings were i i i resolution by Senator Tillman, i the greatest warship possible under | naval conditions, {to “race for naval supremacy.’ modern end to the Mr Committee on Naval Affairs to deter: | ers can go to build “the very best battleship or drulser the world has over seen or will ever see” | | FOR LABOR DEPARTMENT. Bill Passed By the House Provides | New Member. Washington. ~The House passed the (bill to create a Department of Labor, place in the Cabinet, thereby increas {log the number of the President's offi. {cial family from 9 to 10. The bill ia one which has been long advocated by organized labor. It now goes to the | Beaute, | FIENDISH AG | Attempt To Set Fire To a Theater Filled With People. | ARREST OF FOUR LEADERS, A Da A Bag Of Found Woman's Possession—1i Explosive in Ons VMiary Leigh Hat Asquith, Admits Hurling a At Mr, chet Evans, Le ne to gel i thelr egal re CoO & Canister tained gunpow. in the thealer, a ¥ ther Their act cause ud! fence Leigh has been a lead tactics adopted As far arreste Mar 5 violent suffrage 1 Ee a 3H ghee {lew WEE a suffr Atl that time, on i breaking windows in agettes’ demonstra tion in London be. ic {wo mouths ge 1 #enlenced 10 ing prisonment at bor G the court that unt the next i can expect bo: Woman “the mos Ine we ome out % The ce Ls fragettle Mre. Leigh eighth ne in i [on they Was vil Novem? A ast OWE RDC iw months 3 |i, with smashing win Vas Leed ie opi. ¢ f = fir i oa ut ADOPTS NOVEL SCHEME, Bourne Will Make Posto! Billi Clear. dena Senator #0 that certain; ior iegininti He is PROGRESS ON THE CANAL The Big Ditch Is Seven-Eighths Com pleted Washington M the exCcas anal has beer wding to § re 22,0563.815 cubic we-eighth of and rock to be taken out oute remained the rate the great steam working, this certainly can tisne have the waterway opening on schedule, eighths of Panama ¢ i, BOCK stunt of of the canal the total to be excavated Al shovels are be done in ready for June 2, 1515, 0 TRESTLE BLOWN UP. Discovery Prevents Train From Being Wrecked. Lexington, Ky.—A large trestle be longing to the Roe's mines in Bath county, where 200 miners are on sirike, was blown up. A railroad tie heavily charged with dynamite was discovered just in time to prevent a train from being wrecked. The com- pany has placed additional guards about the plant and greal excitement prevails, Timely will | Recall Troops. | Washington.~—All troops dispatched : to El Paso when the Mexican rebels | were moving on Juarez will soon be removed, with the exception of a regi ment of cavalry. A battalion of in fantry, a battalion of field artillery and a regiment of cavairy are now there, BORAM SPENT NOTHING. idaho Senator Used No Funds In Primary Campaign. Washington. Senator Willlam E. | Borah, of Idaho, enjoys the distinction of having conducted an campaign for without the expenditure of a cent, He filed his sworn statement with the seo. retary of the Senate, covering the primary that is to take place in Idaho on July 20, declaring that he had not received nor spent any money nor | made any pledges. Weekly Review of Trade and | Market Reports. Bradstreol's says Mos matiers 21.50 $16 Q 18 {Creamery good, 24@ 25; Cre ery, bi amery, Oi Maryland and ing lots, per Maryland, Pennsylvania firsts, 18c; Western, West Virginia, firsts, 18; Soutl firsts, 17 Live Poultry- nearby, firsts, 18; Chickens — Old hens, small to medium, 16; gprin 1% Ibs and do, 1% 1b, 23; 1 1b and un- Ducke-—White Pekings, 12; puddle, 11; spring. 2 Ibs old roosters, 9; ga i, der, Live Stock CHICAGO. Cattle market steady 0 lower; distilling Steud sold as high as $5.65 Beeves, $5659.95; Texas steers, $5.20G7.40; Western 25@7.75; stockers and feeds cows and heifers, $2.90 @8; calves, $600.15. Hogs-—~Light, $7.15@7.60; mixed, 797.60; rough, pigs, $5.40G 7.30; bulk of Weats Sheep. Native, $3.2565.40; lambs, native, $4.50@7.75 $4.75@ 7.85. KANSAB CITY, MO. Cattle Dressed bee! and export steers, $80 9.60; fair to good, $8.15()8; Western steers, $608; stookers and feeders, $4.25@G 6.80; Bouthern steers, $4.750 7: Southern cows, $2.90@5.50; native cows, $3260 7.15; native heifers, $4.50 as: bulls, $3.5006; calves, $450 8. Hogs. —Market 5@10¢ lower. of sales, $7400 7.65; heavy, $7.00Q 7.56; packers and butchers’, $7400 Lo lights, $7350 7.60; pigs, $6.10 Western, Bulk
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